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tribulation arch.|trɪbjʊˈleɪʃən|
Also 4–6 try-, -cion, etc.
[a. OF. tribulacion (12th c. in Godef. Compl.), ad. Chr.L. trībulātiōn-em (Itala a 200, etc.), n. of action from L. trībulāre to press, oppress, afflict, f. trībul-um a threshing-sledge, app. f. trī-, var. stem of ter-ĕre, trīvi, trītum to rub, grind + -bulum, forming names of instruments.]
1. A condition of great affliction, oppression, or misery; ‘persecution; distress; vexation; disturbance of life’ (J.).
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 206 He lyued in wo & strife, & in tribulacioun. c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 988 Myn herte is now in tribulacion. 1382Wyclif Matt. xxiv. 21 Thanne schal be greet tribulacioun. c1440Gesta Rom. viii. 22 (Harl. MS.) To þis Cite is a þorny wey and a sharp, scil. penaunce and tribulacion in erþe. 1534More Comf. agst. Trib. i. Wks. 1158/1 Tribulacion is euery such thing as troubleth and greueth a man either in bodye or mynde. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 63 Tri'd in sharp tribulation, and refin'd By Faith and faithful works. 1696Phillips (ed. 5), Tribulation, Affliction, Misery; generally spoken of that which a Christian takes in good part, as being inflicted by the hand of God. 1862Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 141 The sufferers..are sustained in their tribulation by the proud consciousness that they are assisting to uphold a great national principle.
b. With a and pl. An affliction.
a1225Ancr. R. 402 None wateres, þet beoð worldliche temptaciuns ne tribulaciuns..ne muwen þeos luue acwenchen. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1906) 75 Many tribulacions and euylls. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 11 b, Y⊇ paynes, aduersitees, tribulacyons..& all other labours & besynesses of this worlde. 1667Milton P.L. iii. 336 The just shall..after all thir tribulations long See golden days.
†c. One who or that which causes trouble. (In quot., app. a cant name for a gang of disturbers.)
1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, v. iv. 65 These are the youths that thunder at a Playhouse..that no Audience but the tribulation of Tower Hill, or the Limbes of Limehouse, their deare Brothers, are able to endure.
†2. The condition of being held in pawn or pledge. Obs. slang.
1663Dryden Wild Gallant i. ii, Sirrah, Boy, fetch my Suit with the Gold Lace at Sleeves from Tribulation. 1764Low Life (ed. 3) 15 Pawnbrokers..busy in altering the Dates of Cloaths under Tribulation. |